Distinctive seals were used, among other applications, perhaps
for identification of property and shipment of goods. Although copper and
bronze were in use, iron was not yet employed. "Cotton was woven and dyed
for clothing; wheat, rice, and a variety of vegetables and fruits were
cultivated; and a number of animals, including the humped bull, were
domesticated," as well as "tribes domesticated fowl for
fighting". Wheel-made pottery—some of it adorned with animal and geometric
motifs—has been found in profusion at all the major Indus sites. A centralized
administration for each city, though not the whole
